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    Dread
    /dred/

    verb

    • 1. anticipate with great apprehension or fear: "Jane was dreading the party"

    noun

    • 1. great fear or apprehension: "the thought of returning to New Jersey filled her with dread"
    • 2. a person with dreadlocks. informal

    adjective

    • 1. greatly feared; dreadful: "he was stricken with the dread disease and died"
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  3. Definition of dread verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  4. DREAD meaning: 1. to feel worried or frightened about something that has not happened yet: 2. used to say that…. Learn more.

  5. dread. noun. /drɛd/. [uncountable, countable, usually singular] a feeling of great fear about something that might or will happen in the future; a thing that causes this feeling The prospect of growing old fills me with dread. She has an irrational dread of hospitals.

  6. Mar 18, 2023 · A sense of dread may be due to an abstractly internalized experience of external volatility called “disembedding”. Free-floating anxiety can be lessened by increasing face-to-face contact,...

  7. Dec 2, 2022 · The meaning of dread and how to manage it. December 2, 20224:18 PM ET. Heard on All Things Considered. Marielle Segarra. 7-Minute Listen. Playlist. NPR's Life Kit host Marielle Segarra speaks...

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  8. n. terror or apprehension as to something in the future; great fear. a person or thing dreaded. [ Archaic.]deep awe or reverence. adj. greatly feared; frightful; terrible. held in awe or reverential fear.

  9. Dictionary Definition of 'dread'. To have a deep and intense feeling of fear, anxiety, or apprehension towards something that is anticipated or expected to be unpleasant or threatening. "Many people dread the thought of public speaking."

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